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  1. De romana republica sive de re militari & civili romanorum
    Joseph CANTEL

    De romana republica sive de re militari & civili romanorum

    Apud Guilielmum Van de Water|Ultrajecti [Utrecht] • (Utrecht) 1707|9 x 15.50 cm|relié
    New edition, which follows the original edition of 1684; there were three editions before this last one but only this one contains an illustration, the plates were borrowed from other works, notably that of Justus Lipsius. Illustrated with a title-frontispiece by Mulder after Hoet, 1 folding map, and 12 figures of which 7 folding engraved in copper by Doesburgh, Stuur and van Vianen.
    Contemporary full glazed brown calf binding. Decorated raised band spine. Black morocco title label. Missing one endpaper before the title. Upper joint cracked, and lower joint partially cracked. A 3 cm tear to the plate on p. 219 in the margin.
    Scholar and erudite of the Jesuit society, Joseph Cantel...
    €650
  2. Histoire du calvinisme
    Louis MAIMBOURG

    Histoire du calvinisme

    Chez Sébastien Mabre-Cramoisy|à Paris 1682|19 x 26.50 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with a handsome frontispiece title by Sevin, engraved by S. Gautrel, a title headpiece by Pollain engraved by Le Pautre, 7 decorative initials and 6 large and handsome tailpieces, as well as 6 historiated headpieces at chapter openings by Pollain. Printer's device on title page. A rather carefully produced edition, finely ornamented and illustrated, with wide margins.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Raised band spine decorated. Red morocco title label. Worn headcaps. Upper joint cracked. 2 corners slightly bumped.
    This history of Calvinism presented as a major heresy generated numerous complaints among Protestants; it takes the form of a chronicle...
    €550
  3. Memoires de la cour de France, pour les années 1688 & 1689
    Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne LA FAYETTE

    Memoires de la cour de France, pour les années 1688 & 1689

    Chez Jean-Frederic Bernard|à Amsterdam 1731|9.50 x 16 cm|relié
    First edition, illustrated with a frontispiece by Bernard Picart, engraved by Buisson. Title page in red and black.
    Full red morocco binding from the late 19th century. Spine decorated with 5 small fleurons. Gilt title. Interior roll. Top edge gilt. Very fine condition.
    As announced in the preface, Madame de La Fayette wrote memoirs from her youth, but the manuscripts were lost, and only these few extracts remain. These historical memoirs, quite classical in execution, deal with the internal and external affairs of the kingdom of France; the style is lively, incisive, mixing more intimate chronicles and great affairs of the kingdom.
    €1,000
  4. Discours sur les medalles antiques. Divisé en quatre parties. Esquelles il est traicté si les medalles antiques estoient monnoyes : de leur matiere : de leur poids : de leur prix : de la valeur [...]
    Louis SAVOT

    Discours sur les medalles antiques. Divisé en quatre parties. Esquelles il est traicté si les medalles antiques estoient monnoyes : de leur matiere : de leur poids : de leur prix : de la valeur [...]

    Chez Sebastien Cramoisy|à Paris 1627|16.50 x 24 cm|relié
    The rare first edition. Printer's device on title page.
    Contemporary glazed blonde calf binding. Richly ornamented raised spine. Red morocco title label. Triple gilt fillet frame on boards. Roulette on edges and turn-ins. Gilt edges. Cracked joints with various lacks at head and tail. Worn headcaps. Lacks between raised band and title label. Pages fairly yellowed. Corners slightly bumped. Quality binding with numerous defects, but still of handsome appearance.
    A highly interesting study which distinguishes itself in this field through its focus on the material and value of medals and coins, whereas the great majority of studies deal essentially with effigies and figures. It becomes...
    €750
  5. Histoire du cardinal Ximenès
    Esprit FLÉCHIER

    Histoire du cardinal Ximenès

    Chez Jean Anisson|à Paris 1693|18 x 26 cm|relié
    First edition, rare, decorated with a frontispiece portrait by Delinck and illustrated with 6 title headpieces and 6 tailpieces by Sébastien Le Clerc. Printer's device on title page, with the fleur-de-lys of Florence.
    Contemporary brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Head and tail caps and joints restored at head and foot. Corners worn.
    The work appeared barely a few days after the Histoire de Ximenez by Marsolier and whose comparison sparked controversy until the 19th century. While Fléchier's work tends to illustrate the Cardinal's saintliness, that of Marsolier, more critical, addresses "libertines, to that party of philosophers who...
    €800
  6. Traitez du douaire, et de la garde-noble et bourgeoise, qu'on appelle bail en plusieurs coutumes
    Philippe RENUSSON

    Traitez du douaire, et de la garde-noble et bourgeoise, qu'on appelle bail en plusieurs coutumes

    par La Compagnie des libraires|à Paris 1724|18.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
    New edition, after the original published in 1699. The second part is announced by a half-title.
    Contemporary speckled brown calf binding. Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Various rubbing. Good copy.
    Renusson devoted several works to family law including this treatise on dower rights, which concerns the property that a husband will leave to his wife in case of death. We distinguish customary law, thus fixed by custom, and contractual law, that is to say fixed by contract. Dower is a fundamental element of marriage law under the Ancien Régime.
    €350
  7. Lettres patentes ; Edits ; Arrests ; Declarations... de l'année 1771

    Lettres patentes ; Edits ; Arrests ; Declarations... de l'année 1771

    Chez P. G. Simon|à Paris 1771|19.50 x 25.80 cm|relié
    Interesting collection of 106 edicts, decrees, letters patent and declarations running from February 22 to December 31, 1771.
    Contemporary full brown marbled calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with 4 compartmentalized flowers; gilt roll at head and foot. Red morocco title-labels. On the upper cover, a piece of leather torn away measuring 3 x 5 cm. Upper joint cracked at foot. Rubbing. 3 corners slightly bumped.
    These decrees and other laws concern the economic, administrative, judicial and economic life of the country. A manuscript table of contents at the end of the work, the same hand having paginated the volume.
    €450
  8. Edits ; Lettres patentes ; Déclarations concernant le clergé de France ; Declaration concernant les collèges de La Fleche, Langres, Bourges...

    Edits ; Lettres patentes ; Déclarations concernant le clergé de France ; Declaration concernant les collèges de La Fleche, Langres, Bourges...

    Chez P. G. Simon|à Paris 1775-1784|19 x 26 cm|relié
    Collection of 90 edicts, letters patent and other decrees concerning essentially the French clergy (donations, churches, parish priests...), and some regarding the regulations of several colleges.
    Contemporary full blonde marbled sheep binding. Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Rubbing. Joint cracked at lower joint at head. Handsome copy.
    The edicts run from 1775 to 1784. The volume has been hand-paginated, with a preface written grouping together all the titles of the volume at the end of the work.
    €700
  9. Discours sur l'antique gouvernement de la monarchie française ; et sur la sagesse des rois qui l'ont fondé
    Pierre-Étienne REGNAUD

    Discours sur l'antique gouvernement de la monarchie française ; et sur la sagesse des rois qui l'ont fondé

    Chez tous les libraires|à Paris 1798|12 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Later half black shagreen binding with corners, ca 1860. Spine with raised bands decorated with blind-tooled compartments and fillets on the bands.
    This parliamentary prosecutor emigrated in 1791, he wrote several royalist and legitimist works during the revolutionary period, he would not return to Paris until the Restoration.
    Engraved armorial bookplate of Du Plessis. A stamp below the date on the title page: Ex-libris Delaunay. Demonstration through history of the superiority of monarchical government and apology for Louis XVI. The author does not address the current constitution of France and its governance.
    €250
  10. Conferences des ordonnances de Louis XIV. Roy de France et de Navarre, avec les anciennes ordonnances du royaume, le droit ecrit et les arrests. Enrichies d'annotations et de décisions importantes
    Philippe BORNIER

    Conferences des ordonnances de Louis XIV. Roy de France et de Navarre, avec les anciennes ordonnances du royaume, le droit ecrit et les arrests. Enrichies d'annotations et de décisions importantes

    Les Associez choisis par ordre de Sa Majesté|à Paris 1729 -1744|19.50 x 26 cm|relié
    New edition, the first having appeared in 1729. Second volume in first edition. Title pages in red and black.
    Bound in contemporary marbled blonde sheep for volume I.
    Bound in full speckled brown calf for the second. Spine with raised bands decorated, roll-tooled at foot. Red morocco title and volume labels. Headcap of volume I worn with a loss. Headcap of volume II worn. 3 corners rubbed on volume I. Some surface abrasions. Rubbing. Good general appearance nonetheless.
    The edition contains the ordinances of 1667, 1669, 1670 and 1673 on civil, criminal, commercial, administrative matters... Of particular interest are the chapters on criminal jurisprudence, on mutes and deaf...
    €400
  12. Procès - verbal de ce qui s'est passé au lit de justice tenu par le roi au château de Versailles 1770, 1771, 1774 ; Edits... ; Lettres patentes (1770 - 1783)

    Procès - verbal de ce qui s'est passé au lit de justice tenu par le roi au château de Versailles 1770, 1771, 1774 ; Edits... ; Lettres patentes (1770 - 1783)

    Imprimerie Royale|à Paris 1770 - 1783|19 x 22 cm|relié
    Exceptional collection of 111 different pieces (Declarations, edicts, decrees, letters patent) of laws and decrees from the end of Louis XV's reign to the first part of Louis XVI's reign. A manuscript pagination links the different pieces together; furthermore a manuscript hand has taken the trouble to write the table of contents of the numerous and different pieces constituting this collection.
    Full blonde marbled sheep binding. Spine with raised bands richly and elegantly decorated; gilt roll at head and foot. Red morocco title label. Head cap partly worn. Rubbing. Blue speckled edges. Good copy.
    The two lits de justice of April 1771 and November 1774 cancel each other out, Louis...
    €1,200
  13. Institutionum oratorium libri duodecim
    QUINTILIEN

    Institutionum oratorium libri duodecim

    Apud Jacobum Estienne|Parisiis [Paris] • (Paris) 1715|9 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Edition produced by Charles Rollin under the direction of Jacques Estienne, with notes and commentary by Charles Rollin.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Headcaps slightly worn. Rubbing. 6 corners bumped. Pale yellow dampstain in margin of certain leaves in volume 2, extending into the text. Rather good copies, fresh.
    The Institutio Oratoria is Quintilian's fundamental work. It goes beyond the framework of a rhetoric manual and has durably influenced all questioning strategies (judicial procedure, investigations...); its influence is still perceptible today, it was decisive for the Renaissance which devoted a...
    €300
  14. Description des principales pierres gravées du Cabinet de SAS Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans
    LE BLOND, Géraud de LA CHAU

    Description des principales pierres gravées du Cabinet de SAS Monseigneur le Duc d'Orléans

    Chez M. l'abbé de la Chaud • M. l'Abbé Le Blond|à Paris 1780 - 1784|20.50 x 34 cm|2 volumes reliés

    First edition, magnificently illustrated with a frontispiece by Cochin, engraved by Saint-Aubin, a title vignette by the same, 59 large tailpieces and headpieces (designed and engraved by Saint-Aubin) explained and deciphered at the beginning of the work, and 179 figures hors-texte each presenting an engraved stone (engraved by Saint-Aubin). Fine printing on deluxe Holland paper.


    Full black morocco-grained shagreen binding ca 1850. Smooth spine with flat raised bands decorated with fillets and roulettes on the bands. Triple-ruled frames on boards with corner fleurons. Marbled edges. Light rubbing to headcaps, corners. Paper lacking to margin of one leaf in volume I. Some leaves...

    €1,800
  15. In quatuor libros institutionum imperialum commentarius academicus & forensis
    Arnold VINNIUS

    In quatuor libros institutionum imperialum commentarius academicus & forensis

    Apud Hieronymi Verdussen|Antverpiae [Antwerp] • (Anvers) [Antwerp] 1692|17 x 23.50 cm|relié
    New edition. Text in two columns.
    Contemporary full calf binding. Richly decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title-label. Tail headcap worn. 2 corners rubbed and bumped. Rubbing and some stains to boards. No endpaper at rear, only on pastedown.
    A work whose commentaries are highly regarded, the work of one of the greatest jurists of the Dutch school.
    €400
  16. Memoires du Mareschal de Bassompierre contenant l'histoire de sa vie. et de ce qui s'est fait de plus remarquable à la cour de France pendant quelques années.
    François Maréchal de BASSOMPIERRE

    Memoires du Mareschal de Bassompierre contenant l'histoire de sa vie. et de ce qui s'est fait de plus remarquable à la cour de France pendant quelques années.

    Chez Pierre Marteau|Cologne 1665|7 x 13 cm|relié
    First edition, rare. It was printed in Leiden by the heirs and widow of Jean Elzevier. It should be noted that another edition with the same date published by Pierre Marteau has a different collation: (2) 501pp. and (2) 493pp. and therefore seems to contain less text than the one we present; this is an unexplained curiosity.
    Bound in contemporary marbled blonde sheep. Spine with raised bands decorated with compartmentalized fleurons. Red morocco title label and black morocco volume label. Head of volume 1 partially split; a lack at the head of volume 2 and one at the tail. A 1.5cm lack along the upper joint (bookworm damage). Corners mostly bumped. Volume I slightly larger by 0.5cm than...
    €500
  17. Nouvelles recherches sur la France, ou Recueil de mémoires historiques sur quelques provinces, villes & bourgs du royaume
    Louis-Théodore HERISSANT

    Nouvelles recherches sur la France, ou Recueil de mémoires historiques sur quelques provinces, villes & bourgs du royaume

    Chez Herissant fils|à Paris 1766|9.50 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition, quite rare.
    Contemporary brown glazed full calf binding. Decorated raised spine. Red morocco title label, and black morocco volume label. Head of volume II partly worn. A tear at the head of volume II. Slight lack to the fourth raised band of volume I. Lacking the second marbled endpapers in volume I.
    At the origin of this work, Pierre Lelong had asked several provincial scholars for bibliographical notices on their region to integrate into La bibliothèque historique de France, but the scholars sent historical memoirs and the collection was published separately. It thus contains rare information on little-studied towns: Annonay, Avalon, Béziers, Braine, Charenton...
    €600
  18. Histoire de la ville d'Autun, connu autrefois sous le nom de Bibracte, capitale de la république des éduens
    Antoine Joseph Nicolas de ROSNY

    Histoire de la ville d'Autun, connu autrefois sous le nom de Bibracte, capitale de la république des éduens

    De l'imprimerie de Dejussieu|Autun 1802 An XI|21 x 27 cm|relié
    Rare first edition, illustrated with a frontispiece map and 7 plates by Joubert and engraved by Adam.
    Later half green shagreen binding, circa 1860. Spine with Jansenist raised bands. Spine sunned, turned brown. Wide margins, except at head. The engravings have smaller outer margins, the text leaves not having been trimmed.
    The author establishes the remarkable history of Autun, not its extensive history. He dwells particularly on its great antiquity, at the time when it was the capital of the Aedui, one of the most influential peoples of Gaul, which had many cities under its dependence. The Aedui, whose power was broken by Rome, founded Milan when crossing the Alps. Autun under...
    €450
  19. Abregé de l'histoire de la Hollande et des provinces unies, depuis les temps les plus anciens jusqu'à nos jours
    Louis-Gabriel-Florence KERROUX

    Abregé de l'histoire de la Hollande et des provinces unies, depuis les temps les plus anciens jusqu'à nos jours

    Chez Jacques Murray|à Leyde [Leiden] 1778|12.50 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition. One title vignette repeated on all 4 volumes. Brunet mentions a quarto edition published at the same time. Continuous pagination.
    Contemporary half blonde sheep binding with small corners. Smooth spine with fillets. Red morocco title label and pink morocco volume label in medallion.
    Origin of Holland and the Netherlands and history up to the year 1767.
    €450
  20. [PROTESTANTISME - REVOCATION EDIT DE NANTES] Memoire politico - critique, où l'on examine s'il est de l'interêt de l'eglise & l'etat d'etablir pour les calvinistes une nouvelle forme de se marier. [Ensemble] Lettre d'un patriote sur la tolérance civile des protestans de France [ensemble] La voix du vrai patriote caholique opposée à celle des faux patriotes tolérans
    Jean NOVI DE CAVEIRAC, Antoine COURT

    [PROTESTANTISME - REVOCATION EDIT DE NANTES] Memoire politico - critique, où l'on examine s'il est de l'interêt de l'eglise & l'etat d'etablir pour les calvinistes une nouvelle forme de se marier. [Ensemble] Lettre d'un patriote sur la tolérance civile des protestans de France [ensemble] La voix du vrai patriote caholique opposée à celle des faux patriotes tolérans

    S. n.|s. l. 1756|12.50 x 19.50 cm|relié
    First edition of these three rare memoirs on Protestantism, all three published without editorial indication.
    Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Smooth spine decorated. Red morocco title label. A volume label is present, the book was meant to be shelved among a collection of pamphlets and memoirs. Joints cracked and split. Headcaps worn. Corners bumped.
    Novi de Cabeirac studies in his memoir the effects of the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes. We know he was fanatically intolerant, even though his study of demography and economics is serious.
    The second memoir pleads the cause of Protestants before the royal power and denounces the horror of the crimes that were...
    €500
  21. Histoire de François I
    Antoine VARILLAS

    Histoire de François I

    Chez Arnout Leers|à La Haye [The Hague] 1684|9.50 x 15.80 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition, quite rare.
    Contemporary full rigid vellum binding. Smooth spine. Title and volume number in pen, faded on volume I. Fine copy, very fresh.
    History of the events of the reign of Francis I from 1515 to 1543. One should praise in this work the resolutely international approach. Varillas was very early celebrated and admired as a historian and his works were praised until the end of the 18th century. His works first circulated in manuscripts before being published. Finally, a chapter comparing Charles V and Francis I.
    €550
  22. [RESTAURATION] Chambre des pairs de France. Session de 1818. Séance du jeudi 13 mai 1819. Opinion de M. le Duc de Fitz-James

    [RESTAURATION] Chambre des pairs de France. Session de 1818. Séance du jeudi 13 mai 1819. Opinion de M. le Duc de Fitz-James

    De l'imprimerie de Didot l'aîné|à Paris 1819|13 x 21.50 cm|cousu
    Contemporary pamphlet stitching held by a central seam. Bill relating to the suppression of crimes and offenses committed through the press. The speaker requests an amendment to the law on freedom of worship, asserting that a difference must be made between Christian worship and other forms of worship, given the history of our country.
    €120
  23. Le cri des peuples, Adressé au Roi, aux Ministres, aux Maréchaux, aux Pairs, aux Députés, aux Magistrats, à tous les Français.
    Alexandre CREVEL

    Le cri des peuples, Adressé au Roi, aux Ministres, aux Maréchaux, aux Pairs, aux Députés, aux Magistrats, à tous les Français.

    Chez L'Huillier • Delaunay|à Paris 1817|13 x 21 cm|broché

    Third edition statement (third reprint by the same publisher in December), the first edition having appeared the same year in November.

    Contemporary temporary wrappers in bluish paper. Lacking paper on spine, with exposed signatures.

    The printed copies sold quickly, with a decree condemning the work to be destroyed and the author accused. The work begins with a plea in favor of press freedom, and is primarily summarized by the demand for unity between the people and the government. The author accuses public authorities, deputies, and police of tyranny, supporting his argument with history and sound common sense.

    €250
  24. Diarium historico - litterarium. Anni 1703
    Jacobus HOMMEY

    Diarium historico - litterarium. Anni 1703

    apud Petrum Ribou • [ Pierre Ribou]|Parisiis [Paris] • (Paris) 1703|11.50 x 17.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary speckled brown vellum binding. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. One tear at foot.
    Journal of contemporary events occurring in Europe. The work progresses by nation: Sweden, France, Germany, England, Poland... Followed by a journal of literary events also organized by country.
    €180
  25. Observations sur l'histoire de la Grèce
    Gabriel Bonnot Abbé de MABLY

    Observations sur l'histoire de la Grèce

    par La Compagnie des libraires|à Genève [Geneva] 1766|9.50 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary glazed purple calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated. Red morocco title label. Triple fillet frame on covers. Beginning of crack to lower joint at head. A slight lack to headcap. Handsome copy despite the noted defects.
    These reflections on the customs and government of the Greeks is in fact an enlargement and deepening of a book published earlier (1749): Observations on the Greeks. Mably thus justifies this updated work in his preface: "Il m'arrive souvent aujourd'hui de louer ce que j'ai blâmé dans mes premières Observations, & de blâmer les mêmes choses que j'ai louées; c'est qu'il y a eu un temps où je regardois de certaines maximes sur la...
    €300
  26. Anecdotes françaises depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'au règne de Louis XV
    Guillaume BERTOUX

    Anecdotes françaises depuis l'établissement de la monarchie jusqu'au règne de Louis XV

    Chez Vincent|à Paris 1768|10.50 x 17 cm|relié
    Second edition.
    Contemporary marbled calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Overall rubbing. Headcap half missing.
    Numerous anecdotes and particularly interesting notes in a work where one learns history differently than through grand History.
    Bibliotheca Gallicae stamp.
    €250
  27. Recueil des éloges historiques lus dans les séances publiques
    Georges CUVIER

    Recueil des éloges historiques lus dans les séances publiques

    F.G. Levrault|Strasbourg 1819|12 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition, a sequel would appear in 1827, then another until 1832.
    Contemporary half sheep binding in brown. Smooth spine with fillet and roulette. Yellow edges.
    Permanent Secretary of the Academy of Sciences, it was Cuvier's responsibility to compose these biographies of celebrated scientists who had been members. These were read during public sessions; the first volume brings together the speeches delivered from 1799 to 1810, the second from 1810 to 1819. The work also contains Cuvier's reception speech at the Academy as well as a preface on the future of sciences.
    €300
  28. Recueil des edicts de pacification, ordonnances et déclarations faites par les Rois de France sur les moyens plus propres pour appaiser les troubles et séditions, survenues pour le fait de la religion
    Pierre Laurent Buirette de BELLOYS

    Recueil des edicts de pacification, ordonnances et déclarations faites par les Rois de France sur les moyens plus propres pour appaiser les troubles et séditions, survenues pour le fait de la religion

    S. n.|s. l. 1612|8 x 14.70 cm|relié
    New edition expanded with edicts until 1610; in all likelihood, the first appeared in 1599.
    Contemporary full vellum binding. Smooth spine. Title in black ink partly illegible. The endpapers are detached from the boards. Loose stitching with some sections protruding. One gallery of worms 1 cm long in the right margin affecting one letter p. 169 and three following pages, and p. 69 to 72. Pale dampstain in lower margin on the first leaves.
    The first edict is that of Charles IX of January 17, 1561 and the last a Declaration by King Louis 13, of May 22, 1610, being 17 edicts, including the Edict of Nantes 1598 given by Henri IV; all concern the wars of religion and their consequences...
    €650
  29. The life of Edward Earl of Clarendon Lord High Chancellor of England [...]
    Edward CLARENDON EARL OF

    The life of Edward Earl of Clarendon Lord High Chancellor of England [...]

    At the Clarendon Printing House|Oxford 1759|11.50 x 19.50 cm|reliés
    First edition, published at the same time as the folio edition in one volume, without being able to determine which is the first. Rare.
    Contemporary full speckled and glazed calf binding. English binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Red morocco title label and black morocco volume labels. Headcap of volume II slightly worn, that of volume III with lacks, same at foot of volume II but a more severe lack; that at foot of volume III fragile with small lacks. 6 corners bumped. Rubbing.
    The life of Edward earl of Clarendon, containing I. An account of the chancellor's life from his birth to the Restoration in 1660. II. A continuation of the fame, and of his history of the...
    €800
  30. Sentimens De La Province Sur L'Etat Present Des Affaires D'Angleterre. Ou Certaine Conversation De Certaines Personnes De Certaine Province
    Thomas BURNETT

    Sentimens De La Province Sur L'Etat Present Des Affaires D'Angleterre. Ou Certaine Conversation De Certaines Personnes De Certaine Province

    Chez Jean Basser|à Londres [London] 1713|9.50 x 15 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Full cardboard Bradel binding from the late 19th century covered with marbled paper. Red morocco title label (rubbed). Conversations between a philologist, a country squire and a minister of the English church on the affairs of England, notably internal affairs between Whigs and Tories and the war against Holland. The wise and measured discourse of the philologist combats stereotypes and common sense, in brief the multiple unfounded opinions of the English people. 18th-century armorial bookplate: Majorat de Meuselwitz.
    €180
  31. Relationi del Cardinale Bentivoglio
    Cardinal Guido BENTIVOGLIO

    Relationi del Cardinale Bentivoglio

    Erycio Puteano|In Anversa [Antwerp] • (Ristampare in Colonia) [Cologne] 1630|15.50 x 22 cm|relié
    Reprint of the original published by the same publisher in 1629. A title-frontispiece with the Antwerp lion at the top.
    Contemporary full vellum binding. Smooth spine. Title in black ink executed at a later date. Slight lack of vellum at foot with some wormholes. The body of the work is only held to the spine by a few stitches before the frontispiece. A yellow dampstain on the final leaves, notably with lacks to margins on the last two leaves of the table.
    The texts present in this edition would later form the history of the Flemish wars. Bentivoglio spent 9 years in Flanders as the Pope's ambassador. After a classical presentation of the situation in the Low Countries, he narrates...
    €700
  32. Prix de la justice et de l'humanité. [Ensemble] Les vrais principes du gouvernement françois, démontrés par la Raison et par les Faits, par un François
    [VOLTAIRE] [Pierre-Louis-Claude GIN]

    Prix de la justice et de l'humanité. [Ensemble] Les vrais principes du gouvernement françois, démontrés par la Raison et par les Faits, par un François

    S. n.|Genève [Geneva] 1777|12 x 20 cm|relié
    Both rare first editions.
    Contemporary full mottled calf binding. Smooth spine with 4 tools. Red morocco title and volume labels. Triple fillet frame on covers. Small lack at head. Lack to upper joint at head. Upper joint cracked at foot. Light lack at foot. Rubbing.
    Gin's work is first a defense of monarchical power (as the natural form of government) against the theories of Montesquieu and those of Mably, but beyond this starting postulate, the whole is remarkable for its economic reflections, Gin making agriculture and industry the pillars of economic health. The author strives through history and examples borrowed from various nations like China to prove his theories...
    €1,400
  33. Histoire du gouvernement de Venise, avec le supplément; et l'examen de la liberté originaire de Venise
    Abraham Nicolas AMELOT DE LA HOUSSAYE

    Histoire du gouvernement de Venise, avec le supplément; et l'examen de la liberté originaire de Venise

    Chez Frédéric Léonard|à Paris 1677|7.50 x 13.80 cm|relié
    Edition with some parts in first edition, rare, much preferable to the 1676 original which contains only the first part; this one is therefore considerably expanded with major pieces. A frontispiece representing Saint Mark's Square in Venice. The 1677 edition contains 3 titles for each part plus an added title summarizing the whole; one will easily notice that these three parts are very rarely found together in libraries (see Oxford, Leeds...), and that they most often appear separately. There were undoubtedly several editions at this date of 1677, of which only this one contains the three parts. Moreover this edition with the sphere would suggest that it was printed elsewhere; the third...
    €1,800
  34. Oeuvres complettes
    Germain-François Poullain de SAINT-FOIX

    Oeuvres complettes

    Chez La veuve Duchesne|à Paris 1778|9.50 x 17.50 cm|6 volumes reliés
    First collected edition. One portrait frontispiece and 2 engravings by Marillier in the second volume (one of these engravings is often missing). Half-titles and titles in red and black.
    Full blonde sheep binding, slightly later. Smooth spine decorated with compartments and rolls. Red morocco title label, and black morocco volume label with rolls. Some corners slightly bumped. A thin tear at head of volume I. Handsome copy.
    The posthumous edition, two years after the author's death, is distributed as follows: Volumes I and II: Theatre and the Turkish Letters; Volumes III, IV, and V: Historical Essays on Paris; Volume VI: History of the Order of the Holy Spirit (of which Saint-Foix...
    €600
  35. Historia Flagellantium De Recto Et Perverso Flagrorum Usu Apud Christianos
    Jacques BOILEAU

    Historia Flagellantium De Recto Et Perverso Flagrorum Usu Apud Christianos

    chez Jean Anisson|à Paris 1700|8.50 x 16.20 cm|relié
    First edition.

    Contemporary full sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title label. Lacking at lower headcap. Joint cracked at foot for 1cm. Corners slightly bumped. The first leaf is blank. Collation consistent with the Oxford copy.

    The first flagellants appeared in the eleventh century and the movement gained renewed vigor during the Black Death in Europe, thus reaching its peak during the fourteenth century. This movement was rapidly condemned by the church as heretical and millenarian. The movement quickly became anarchic and a threat to order, both of the church and of society. The pope delivered them to the inquisition in 1349, and the...
    €550
  36. De sibyllinis. Aliisque quae Christi natalem praecessere oraculis.
    Isaac VOSSIUS

    De sibyllinis. Aliisque quae Christi natalem praecessere oraculis.

    E theatro Sheldaniano|Oxoniae [Oxford] • (Oxford) 1680|12 x 19.9 cm|relié
    Second edition, rare, after the first published in 1679, also rare. Fine printer's device of Sheldon's theatre.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Joint split with lacks. Corners heavily bumped. Worn binding.
    Studies by the famous scholar and learned Isaac Vossius on the oracles and predictions that preceded the birth of Christ. Follow the objections and criticisms, then Vossius's response. At the end of his life, Vossius was settled in England where he was appointed canon of Windsor; this writing appears to date from his English period.
    €450
  37. Harpocrates sive Explicatio imaguncula argentae perantiquae, quae in figuram Har pocratis formata representat solem, ejusdem monumenta antiqua inedita... Accedit Stephani Le Moine Epistola de Melanophoris
    Gisbert CUPER

    Harpocrates sive Explicatio imaguncula argentae perantiquae, quae in figuram Har pocratis formata representat solem, ejusdem monumenta antiqua inedita... Accedit Stephani Le Moine Epistola de Melanophoris

    Apud Franciscum Halma|Trajecti ad. Rhenum [Utrecht] • (Utrecht) 1687|16 x 21 cm|relié
    Second edition, illustrated with 6 folding plates and 43 in-text vignettes; a frontispiece-title signed and dated within the plate: Joh. van der Avele inven et fecit. Title page in red and black. This edition is expanded with a letter by Etienne Le Moyne; this text has a half-title, as does the second text: Monumenta Antiqua. Well-printed edition, on good paper, decorated with head- and tailpieces... Printer's mark on the title page, with the motto, Vivitur Ingenio.
    Contemporary rigid full vellum binding. Smooth spine with title in black ink (elegantly handwritten) and library number 5870. Handsome copy.
    The first text is a study of Harpocrates, God of silence in Greek mythology...
    €1,000
  38. Memoires de François Paul de Clermont, Marquis de Montglat, Mestre de Camp du Régiment de Navarre, Grand Maître de la Garderobe du Roi, & Chevalier de ses Ordres
    François-de-Paule de Clermont MONTGLAT

    Memoires de François Paul de Clermont, Marquis de Montglat, Mestre de Camp du Régiment de Navarre, Grand Maître de la Garderobe du Roi, & Chevalier de ses Ordres

    S. n.|A Amsterdam 1727|9 x 16.50 cm|4 volumes reliés
    First edition. A title vignette repeated on all four volumes, depicting Erasmus. Title pages in red and black.
    Contemporary full brown calf binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. Red morocco title and volume labels, decorated with roulettes. One lack to headcap of volume I due to worming, same to the last compartment. Dampstaining to upper board of volume II (darkened). 3 corners bumped.
    Essentially historical memoirs, the marquis de Montglat rarely puts himself on stage, carefully gathering the facts of his time, from 1635 to 1668; although the memoirs provide military details (campaigns between France and Austria), Montglat applies himself to unraveling the mechanisms...
    €350
  39. Le palais de l'honneur, ou la science héraldique du blason
    ANSELME DE SAINTE-MARIE

    Le palais de l'honneur, ou la science héraldique du blason

    Chez Estienne Loyson • et chez Pierre Bessin|à Paris 1664 - 1668|18 x 24.60 cm (In-4)|Copper engraving|relié

    Rare assemblage of the two parts usually found separated of the Palais. While the Palais de la gloire does not constitute a sequel in the strict sense, it is a second volume envisaged by the author. It remains uncertain why this one appeared with another publisher; perhaps this change, together with the year separating the two first editions, accounts for the constant separation of the works.
    Later edition of the Palais de l'honneur, first published in 1663, and first edition of the Palais de la gloire. The first work is illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece by Chauveau and 12 engraved plates of coats of arms.
    Contemporary full brown sheep binding...

    €1,200
  40. Pharus Galliae Antiquae. Ex Cesare, Hirtio, Strabone, Plinio, Ptolomeo, Itinerariis, Notitiis. Quadripertito Indice Geographico comprehensa. Cum interpretatione Vernacula.
    Philippe LABBE BITURIGO

    Pharus Galliae Antiquae. Ex Cesare, Hirtio, Strabone, Plinio, Ptolomeo, Itinerariis, Notitiis. Quadripertito Indice Geographico comprehensa. Cum interpretatione Vernacula.

    Ex officina Petri Vernoy|Molinis [Moulins] • (Moulins) 1644|7.50 x 13 cm|relié
    First edition, rare impression from Moulins.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Ornate spine with raised bands. Good copy.
    Geographical dictionary of place names and cities of France in the texts of ancient geographers and their correspondences in modern French. Some articles are extensively detailed such as those on the Rhine or the Rhone. The work presents the research and studies of chronologist and historian Philippe Labbé (1607-1667).
    €500
  41. Mémoires du ministère du Duc d'Aiguillon, pair de France, et de son commandement en Bretagne, pour servir à l'histoire de la fin du règne de Louis XV et à celle du commencement du règne de Louis XVI
    Emmanuel Armand de Vignerot DU PLESSIS DE RICHELIEU, Honoré Gabriel Riquetti Comte de MIRABEAU

    Mémoires du ministère du Duc d'Aiguillon, pair de France, et de son commandement en Bretagne, pour servir à l'histoire de la fin du règne de Louis XV et à celle du commencement du règne de Louis XVI

    Bureau de la collection historique des Mémoires relatifs au règne de Louis XV.|Paris 1790|12.50 x 21 cm|relié
    First edition. Posthumous publication by Soulavie.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with double gilt fillets, title-labels, headcaps worn, joints rubbed, numerous scuffs, corners slightly bumped.
    Emmanuel Armand de Vignerot du Plessis de Richelieu, duc d'Aiguillon, was appointed governor of Brittany in 1753; until 1770, he was in open war with the Parliament of Brittany, appointed by the king in a regional state that desired above all to preserve its privileges. Louis XV had to intervene several times in agreement with the duc d'Aiguillon. The memoirs record the numerous intrigues at court to destroy the duc d'Aiguillon. A final memoir concerns Louis XV's...
    €400
  42. Journal des choses mémorables advenuës durant tout le Regne de Henry III. Roi de France & de Pologne. Edition nouvelle, augmentée de plusieurs Pièces curieuses, & enrichie de Figures & de Notes pour éclaircir les endroits les plus difficiles
    Pierre de L'ESTOILE

    Journal des choses mémorables advenuës durant tout le Regne de Henry III. Roi de France & de Pologne. Edition nouvelle, augmentée de plusieurs Pièces curieuses, & enrichie de Figures & de Notes pour éclaircir les endroits les plus difficiles

    Chez les héritiers de Pierre Marteau|A Cologne • [Bruxelles] [Brussels] 1720|10 x 16.50 cm|4 parties reliées en 2 volumes
    New and rare edition, illustrated with 15 figures by Harrewyn, including 13 portraits. Title page of volume I in red and black. All first editions of this work were published by Marteau (Louis Elsevier); the true address of this one is unknown.
    This edition, after consulting copies recorded in libraries, does not always contain the figures, and when it does contain them (the British Library copy), only 13 are counted, without the two figures of the clement priest, and the one integrated in Les Sorcelleries de Henry de Valois. Furthermore, the notice to the binder shows only 12 portraits. All these figures are contained in volume I, volume II being occupied by the remarks of Duchat and...
    €700
  43. Annales politiques
    Charles - Irénée CASTEL

    Annales politiques

    S. n.|Londres [London] 1758|10 x 17 cm|2 volumes reliés
    Second edition, after the first of 1757.
    Contemporary full calf binding. Smooth spine, decorated. Red morocco title label, and black morocco volume label. Two small tears with lacks on the upper cover of volume I. Handsome copy.
    Essay on political events in France from 1658 to 1739. Considering the bitter criticisms against Louis XIV whose policy Castel judged despotic, Castel's family preferred posthumous publication. The work is much more than a political essay, the events being only a pretext for the author to establish his economic and political theories specific to the Enlightenment. The essence of the author's thought being the happiness of peoples. He is the author of the...
    €550
  44. Lettres et pensées du maréchal prince de Ligne, publiées par Mad. La Baronne de Staël Holstein
    Charles Joseph, Prince de LIGNE

    Lettres et pensées du maréchal prince de Ligne, publiées par Mad. La Baronne de Staël Holstein

    Chez J. J. Paschoud|à Genève [Geneva] 1809|12 x 20.50 cm|relié
    New edition with the date of the original. Statement of second edition. This edition, from the same publisher as the first, has the same collation.
    Contemporary half brown sheep binding. Smooth spine decorated with roulettes and dotted crosses. Brown calf title-label. A tear with loss to the upper joint, at the head.
    Publication due to Madame de Stael. She herself made a particularly judicious selection and choice among the mass of military and literary documents of Marshal de Ligne. The correspondence, thus carefully selected, reveals the intimacy of a personality within European affairs. The work concludes with a collection of maxims and various thoughts.

    NB...
    €200
  45. Mémoires de Henri-Charles de La Tremoille, prince de Tarente
    Henri Charles de LA TREMOILLE

    Mémoires de Henri-Charles de La Tremoille, prince de Tarente

    Chez J. F. Bassompierre|à Liège 1767|10 x 16.50 cm|relié
    First edition, relatively rare. Title page in red and black. This is the only early edition of these memoirs.
    Near-contemporary half speckled brown sheep binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets.
    Henri Charles de la Tremoille is the 4th Duke of Thouars and Duke of La Trémoille, although he died before his father. He began his career with his uncle in Holland, the Prince of Orange. In 1651, he opposed Cardinal Mazarin and supported the Prince of Condé during the Fronde. He was arrested and imprisoned in Amiens in 1656. These memoirs are not merely an account of the events of the Fronde; they are also a political portrait of the high nobility staging itself, since this...
    €450
  46. Epilogo de Utrera: Sus grandezas, y hazañas gloriosas de sus hijos
    Pedro Roman MELENDEZ

    Epilogo de Utrera: Sus grandezas, y hazañas gloriosas de sus hijos

    Por Juan Francisco Blas de Quesada|En Sevilla, Impressor Mayor de dicha ciudad [Seville] 1730|15 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition. Large arms of Utrera on second leaf. Title in red and black with a floral frame.
    Contemporary vellum, spine titled in ink (smudged). One tie in good condition, spine partly detached. Traces of glue to final endpaper. A good copy without significant faults, generally fresh.
    A monograph on the town of Utrera in the south-west of Spain, not far from Seville (in the province of Andalusia). The town has a rich history, recorded events from which stretch back to the 13th century, when Alfonso X conquered Seville. Archeological digs have shown that the town was inhabited even before the Roman period.
    20th century ex libris with an image of a 16th century hand press.
    €1,400
  47. Recueil des Edits, declarations, lettres patentes, arrest et reglemens du roy; registrés en la cour du Parlement de Normandie, depuis l'année 1683. jusqu'en 1700

    Recueil des Edits, declarations, lettres patentes, arrest et reglemens du roy; registrés en la cour du Parlement de Normandie, depuis l'année 1683. jusqu'en 1700

    Chez Nicol. & Rich. Lallemant|à Rouen 1755|19 x 25.50 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full calf binding, spine with five raised bands richly decorated, red morocco title label, green morocco volume label, rubbing, small lacks to corners of headcaps, gilt edges to leading edges, red edge, some scratches to boards.
    Pleasant interior condition.
    Census of all edicts concerning notably Protestants, classified by years and by district.
    €450
  48. Histoire civile et ecclésiastique du Comté d'Evreux, où l'on voit tout ce qui s'est passé depuis la fondation de la Monarchie, tant par rapport aux Rois de France, qu'aux anciens Ducs de Normandie, et aux Rois d'Angleterre
    Pierre LE BRASSEUR

    Histoire civile et ecclésiastique du Comté d'Evreux, où l'on voit tout ce qui s'est passé depuis la fondation de la Monarchie, tant par rapport aux Rois de France, qu'aux anciens Ducs de Normandie, et aux Rois d'Angleterre

    Chez François Barrois|à Paris 1722|19.50 x 25.50 cm|relié
    The rare first edition, illustrated with three folding plates depicting the interior of a tomb discovered in 1685.
    Contemporary full calf binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Some rubbing. A lack to the right margin of the title page, not affecting the text.
    Composed of two parts, the narrated history itself and Les Actes et preuves, the work extends from the origins of the County of Evreux until 1682. The organization and style are clear and concise, and the whole is rich in erudition, particularly regarding antiquities. One will consult with appetite the acts and proofs on this subject. A most interesting subsection was added by the author on the...
    €800
  49. Religio castrametatio disciplina militaris et balnae veterum romanorum
    Guillaume de CHOUL

    Religio castrametatio disciplina militaris et balnae veterum romanorum

    Janssonio Waesbergios|Amstelodami [Amsterdam] • (Amsterdam) 1685|18 x 25 cm|relié

    New edition and first printing of the illustrations: a frontispiece, 62 plates and 241 in-text figures as well as a folding plate on the organization of a Roman camp.
    Title page in red and black.


    Later 19th-century half-vellum binding. Unlettered smooth spine.

     

    €900
  50. Mémoires secrets sur l'établissement de la Maison de Bourbon en Espagne, extraits de la Correspondance du Marquis de Louville, gentilhomme de la chambre de Philippe V, et chef de sa maison française
    Marquis de LOUVILLE

    Mémoires secrets sur l'établissement de la Maison de Bourbon en Espagne, extraits de la Correspondance du Marquis de Louville, gentilhomme de la chambre de Philippe V, et chef de sa maison française

    Maradan|Paris 1818|12 x 19.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition.
    Half wine-lees calf binding with corners, circa 1900; skillful pastiche of an 1820 binding. Spine with false flat raised bands decorated with roulettes and fillets. Spine uniformly lightened, without consequence. A handsome copy.
    This military man was appointed head of the French Household of Philip V of Spain, the first Bourbon king of Spain (from 1700 to 1703). He would receive a new mission in Spain in 1716, as extraordinary ambassador. During three essential years, everything done at court passed through him. Here is what the Duke of Saint-Simon says about him in his memoirs: "To speak truly, he governed the king and Spain." These memoirs were written during the...
    €450
  51. Mémoire au roi, pour le Sr. Joseph Lesurques, né à Douai...
    Jacques-Barthélemy SALGUES

    Mémoire au roi, pour le Sr. Joseph Lesurques, né à Douai...

    Chez Dentu|à Paris 1822|14 x 22 cm|relié
    First edition. One folding engraving before the title page in line.
    Contemporary half calf binding. Smooth spine decorated with 5 fleurons and roulettes. Bordeaux shagreen title label. Two tears with slight lacks on either side of the head cap. Spine rubbed and head cap browned. Upper joint cracked and open.
    Lesurques is one of the most famous victims of judicial error. He was unjustly arrested due to his resemblance to one Dubosc, in the Lyon mail coach affair of 1796, a famous case of robbery with murder of the courier. Lesurques was beheaded with Courriol. Dubosc, finally arrested in 1798, was also executed and Lesurques recognized as innocent. The family demanded Lesurques'...
    €300
  52. De rebus gestis Alexandri magni regis Macedonum, libri decem
    Quintus CURCIUS RUFUS [QUINTE-CURCE]

    De rebus gestis Alexandri magni regis Macedonum, libri decem

    Apud Ioanem Frellonium|Lugduni [Leiden] • (Lyon) 1555|8 x 12.50 cm|relié
    The editions of Quintus Curtius on the life of Alexander were numerous in the 16th century. We have been unable to determine whether this was a first edition from Jean Frellon, although we have not found any earlier edition from this publisher (notably in the Aurelianensis catalogue of 16th-century Lyon editions) present only in the Edinburgh catalogue.
    Fine printing in Italic Minuscules. The last leaf bears the printer's mark with the scorpion of Michaël Sylvius typographus. Two old manuscript leaves at the end of the work on Alfonso king of Naples, and the Alexander of Quintus Curtius.
    The last unpaginated part bears as its header: Alexandri magni epistola, de situ India [...] ad...
    €600
  53. La guerre d'Italie, ou memoires du Comte D ***. Contenant quantité de choses particulières qui se sont passées dans les cours d'Allemagne, de France, d'Espagne, de Savoïe & d'Italie
    Samuel GRANDCHAMP

    La guerre d'Italie, ou memoires du Comte D ***. Contenant quantité de choses particulières qui se sont passées dans les cours d'Allemagne, de France, d'Espagne, de Savoïe & d'Italie

    Chez Pierre Marteau|Cologne 1707|9 x 16 cm|relié
    New edition, after the original of 1702 published by the same publisher. Illustrated with four folding maps including one of Italy with its different kingdoms and republics.
    Contemporary full calf binding. Raised bands spine decorated. Red morocco title-label. A slight lack at head. Split to upper joint at foot. A tear to the Mantua map. Rubbing. Fairly good copy.
    The Italian war constitutes an excellent narrative, teeming with picturesque details; it begins in a most romantic manner before undertaking to recount the battles of Piedmont, Milan and Turin, and the political intrigues between Spain, France, the Duke of Savoy and the duchies of Italy. The work draws indeed from two...
    €550
  54. Memoires de Monsieur de Montresor
    MONTRESOR

    Memoires de Monsieur de Montresor

    Chez Jean Sambix|Cologne 1663|7.50 x 12.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First complete edition of these memoirs, which had appeared in expurgated form the previous year. The second volume, extremely rare and almost never found together with the first volume of the memoirs, appeared in 1665. Volume I bears no volume indication on the title page, volume II does; the publisher indeed deemed it appropriate after the fact to provide a sequel to the Memoirs by gathering various pieces.
    Contemporary full brown sheep bindings. Spine with raised bands decorated in the 19th century (pastiche) in shagreen.
    The Count of Montresor, Claude Bourdeille, was a seasoned conspirator, and we see him conspiring in all periods, against Richelieu, against Gaston D'Orléans...
    €700
  55. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres, avec un Catalogue raisonné de leurs Ouvrages. Vol. 20
    Jean-Pierre NICERON

    Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des Hommes illustres dans la République des Lettres, avec un Catalogue raisonné de leurs Ouvrages. Vol. 20

    Chez Briasson|à Paris 1732|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Copy with the arms of Baron Carré de Vandeuvre, minister to Louis XVIII. The title and volume labels were redone at the same period, in the early 19th century.
    This volume contains the following biographical and bibliographical articles: George Abbot; Robert Abbot; Pierre Abelard; Nicolas Perrot d'Ablancourt; Henri Corneille Agrippa; Joseph Saens d'Aguirre; Louis Alamanni; Pierre Alcyonius; Noel Alexandre; Alexandre Ab Alessandro; Leon Allatius; Prosper Alpini; Ambroise Camaldule; Scipion Ammirato; Guillaume Amontons; Jacques Amyot; Chales Ancillon; David Ancillon; Dominique de Angelis; Michel...
    €180
  56. Breviarium historiae romanae. Pauli Diaconi de gestis romanorum libri octo ad Eutropij historiam additi
    EUTROPE

    Breviarium historiae romanae. Pauli Diaconi de gestis romanorum libri octo ad Eutropij historiam additi

    sub Pelicano • apud Hyeronimum de Marnef|Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris] • (Paris) 1560|7.50 x 12 cm|relié
    The Roman histories seem to have appeared for the first time with annotations by Paul the Deacon in 1471 in Rome, in folio. The Bibliothèque Nationale de France and the British Library possess this incunable edition, but not ours, which we have been unable to locate in electronic catalogues.
    Printer's device with pelican on title page.
    Contemporary full calf binding. Raised spine decorated with 4 fleurons; blind fillets on headcaps. Boards with geometric motif. Blind ruled frames forming a central rectangle with 4 fleurons in the corners. Some stains. Handsome Renaissance binding.
    Eutropius lived in the 4th century. The Abridgment of Roman History, in ten books, covers from...
    €900
  57. L'ordene de chevalerie, avec une dissertation sur l'origine de la langue françoise. Un essai sur les étimologies. Quelques contes anciens. Et un glossaire pour en faciliter l'intelligence
    Étienne BARBAZAN

    L'ordene de chevalerie, avec une dissertation sur l'origine de la langue françoise. Un essai sur les étimologies. Quelques contes anciens. Et un glossaire pour en faciliter l'intelligence

    Chez Chaubert • Claude Herissant|Lauzanne [Lausanne] • (Lausanne) • & se trouve à Paris 1759|11.50 x 18 cm|relié
    First edition. Uncommon.
    Half glacé calf with corners, 19th century, signed Petit succ de Simier. Raised spine decorated in compartments. Fillets on covers.
    Etienne Barbazan (1694-1770) was a philologist specializing in medieval manuscripts, notably contributing to bringing forgotten texts back to memory and rehabilitating the Middle Ages in the field of research. L'ordene de chevalerie is a 13th-century text on the rules and ceremonies of chivalry, of which Barbazan would have had a manuscript in his hands. The work contains other 13th-century texts and a glossary.
    €300
  58. Historiographie générale des provinces ecclésiatiques de l'église latine ou l'on traite de l'origine des patriarcats, primaties, archevéchez et evêchez, répandus dans les quatre parties du monde. comme aussi de l'établissement des ordres religieux dans chaque diocèse, et des lieux, qui ont donné naissance à leurs fondateurs et fondatrices.
    Père François de Digne JACQUES

    Historiographie générale des provinces ecclésiatiques de l'église latine ou l'on traite de l'origine des patriarcats, primaties, archevéchez et evêchez, répandus dans les quatre parties du monde. comme aussi de l'établissement des ordres religieux dans chaque diocèse, et des lieux, qui ont donné naissance à leurs fondateurs et fondatrices.

    Chez François Sébastien Offray|Avignon 1716|36 x 23 cm|relié
    First edition. Title page in red and black.
    Contemporary full marbled sheep binding; decorated raised spine, red morocco title label, roulette border decoration. Some scratches to boards; two corners worn; slight lack to bottom of joint.
    Important and rare history of the foundation of Latin churches and religious orders throughout the world, the author even including the Indies and America. In France, the author establishes this history in all provinces and cities. At the same time this history combines geographical interest, as the author never fails to situate and describe the birthplace of an order or church; it is equally a history of saints and a general history of each...
    €900
  59. Défense des émigrés français adressée au peuple français
    LALLY TOLENDAL

    Défense des émigrés français adressée au peuple français

    Chez Cocheris|à Paris 1797|12 x 19 cm|relié
    Edition published in the year of the original, issued in 12mo, in London.
    Half sheep binding in tan. Smooth spine decorated with small tools and 5 gilt ornaments. Headcaps worn. Joints cracked at head and tail.
    Lally Tolendal wrote this vigorous plea in favor of French émigrés that largely prepared their return.
    Bookplate of the Dukes of Brissac. Library of Quevilly, with the motto Virtute tempore.
    €280
  60. Les recherches de la France
    Étienne PASQUIER

    Les recherches de la France

    Chez Laurent Sonnius|à Paris 1607|17 x 23.60 cm|relié
    Edition with some parts in first edition, expanded with Book VII, a table of contents, numerous additions and a portrait of Pasquier by Thomas de Leu. This portrait had been created in 1583 in Troyes and had never been integrated into the editions. This is the last edition published during the author's lifetime.
    Contemporary full calf binding. Spine with raised bands richly decorated. A lack to head. A lack of leather to the last compartment. Upper joint cracked at foot and head. Wormholes to part of the upper board.
    Encyclopedic and highly celebrated work, Les recherches de la France stands out among all works of this kind for its radical novelty. Pasquier can be considered as the...
    €750
  61. La venerie royalle, Divisée En IV Parties, Qui Contiennent Les Chasses Du Cerf, Du Lièvre, Du Chevreüil, Du Sanglier, et Du Renard
    Robert de SALNOVE

    La venerie royalle, Divisée En IV Parties, Qui Contiennent Les Chasses Du Cerf, Du Lièvre, Du Chevreüil, Du Sanglier, et Du Renard

    Chez Antoine de Sommaville|à Paris 1665|17 x 23.50 cm|relié
    Second edition reprinted from the 1655 original, expanded with the Dictionary of Hunters; and illustrated with a frontispiece. This edition is better printed than the first and in a slightly larger format.

    Contemporary flexible full vellum binding. Smooth spine with title and date at tail in black ink executed in the 19th century. Two small lacks at head of title-leaf and frontispiece not touching the engraving. Fine copy.

    Famous treatise on hunting, the most important of the 17th century, intended according to the author himself to replace the older one by du Fouilloux whose last edition dated back to 1650. The work is much more complete...
    €3,000
  62. Des véritables intérêts de la patrie
    Chevalier Comte de FORGES

    Des véritables intérêts de la patrie

    Chez Les libraires associés|à Paris 1764|9.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
    First edition. There were three editions published in the same year in Rotterdam. Rather rare.
    Full parchment binding, 19th century, reusing a 17th or 18th century manuscript. Smooth spine, red sheep title-label.
    The author proposes in 24 chapters an economic reform of the kingdom; taxes, ecclesiastical property, disparities of wealth, wars, debts... all subjects treated with great common sense and sound observation, but not without a certain moral vision against luxury, excess of money and materialism. A work to be placed among the reflections on the economy of this second half of the 18th century which prepared for the French Revolution.

    NB: This work is...
    €250
  63. Mémoire sur les finances de l'Egypte, depuis sa conquête par le Sultan selym 1er., jusqu'à celle du général en cher Bonaparte ; par M. le Comte Estève. Mémoire sur le système d'imposition territoriale et sur l'administration des provinces de l'Egypte, dans les dernières années du gouvernements des Mamlouks ; par feu Michel-Ange Lancret
    Comte ESTEVE, Michel Ange LANCRET

    Mémoire sur les finances de l'Egypte, depuis sa conquête par le Sultan selym 1er., jusqu'à celle du général en cher Bonaparte ; par M. le Comte Estève. Mémoire sur le système d'imposition territoriale et sur l'administration des provinces de l'Egypte, dans les dernières années du gouvernements des Mamlouks ; par feu Michel-Ange Lancret

    Imprimerie Impériale|à Paris 1809|27 x 43 cm|relié
    First edition of these two memoirs extracted from the first fascicle, Modern State section, of the Description de l'Egypte.
    Full cream parchment-style modern paper boards. Black sheep title-label. Wide-margined copy, uncut.
    Tax system and property ownership in Egypt. Administration and internal and external commercial relations. Important memoirs for the history of Egypt, such a study having never been undertaken before, which is why the author necessarily concerns himself with the history and evolution of the country since Selim I.
    €800
  64. Recueil de differentes choses par le Marquis de Lassay
    Armand-Léon de Madaillan de Lesparre LASSAY

    Recueil de differentes choses par le Marquis de Lassay

    Chez Marc Michel Bousquet|à Lausanne 1756|10 x 17 cm|quatre volumes reliés
    New edition after the original of 1726 published in a very small print run on the château presses in quarto format.
    Bound in full glazed marbled blonde calf. Raised band spine decorated. Red morocco title label. Broken and missing corner to the upper board of volume I. Head caps partly worn on volumes I and II. Tail cap worn on volume II.
    Armand de Madaillan de Lesparre (28 May 1652 - 21 February 1738) is better known under one of his titles, marquis de Lassay. Aide-de-camp to the great Condé in 1672, man of letters, friend of the libertines of the 17th and 18th centuries, he became acquainted with madame de Maintenon during the salons held by her husband, the poet Scarron. Close...
    €400
  65. Les negociations de Monsieur le President Jeannin
    Pierre JEANNIN

    Les negociations de Monsieur le President Jeannin

    Chez Pierre Le Petit|à Paris 1656|25.50 x 37.50 cm|relié
    Rare first edition. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait engraved on copper by Nanteuil and a large title vignette.
    Late 19th-century half tawny sheep binding with corners. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Small tear at headcap extending 1cm. A very fresh copy.
    These historical memoirs cover essentially the end of the 16th century and the beginning of Henri IV's reign, along with various later events (notably disputes between the queen and young Louis XIII). They contain, besides the narrative of events, various documents including numerous letters. Pierre Jeannin was initially a lawyer and student of the great jurist Cujas, becoming president of the parliament of Burgundy in...
    €1,000
  66. Dissertation apologetique pour le bien-heureux Robert d'Arbrisselles ... sur ce qu'en a dit Monsieur Bayle dans son Dictionaire historique et critique
    Mathurin SORIS, Pierre BAYLE

    Dissertation apologetique pour le bien-heureux Robert d'Arbrisselles ... sur ce qu'en a dit Monsieur Bayle dans son Dictionaire historique et critique

    Pour Henry Desbordes|Anvers [Antwerp] 1701|In 12|relié
    First edition. The additions and notes published in 1702 are bound with this volume.
    Contemporary brown sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Split headcaps. Corners slightly bumped.
    Father Soris belonged to the order of Fontevraud, originally founded by Robert d'Arbriselles. The work takes the form of a long letter addressed to Pierre Bayle.

    NB: This work is available at the bookshop on request within 48 hours.
    €280
  67. Description de l'Egypte. Mémoire sur les monnaies d'Egypte
    SAMUEL-BERNARD

    Description de l'Egypte. Mémoire sur les monnaies d'Egypte

    Imprimerie Impériale|à Paris 1809|27 x 42.50 cm|relié
    First edition of this memoir, extracted from the Description de l'Egypte, section Etat Moderne, Volume 1, 3rd fascicle. Illustrated with a plate of coins and tables (446-463p.). Fine printing on strong rag paper.
    Full cream parchment-covered cardboard binding, modern. Smooth spine with black sheep title-label. Foxing on the first pages; two brown stains in the right margin gradually fading. Uncut copy, full-margined.
    Remarkable memoir, perfectly exhaustive on the subject, on ancient and contemporary Egyptian coins. One will find even a bibliography of authors who have written on the subject, numerous chapters on manufacture, and a final section on the administration of coinage.
    €500
  68. Description de l'Egypte. Observations sur les Arabes de l'Egypte moyenne. [Ensemble] Mémoire sur les tribus arabes des déserts de l'Egypte
    Edme-François JOMARD, DUBOIS-AYME

    Description de l'Egypte. Observations sur les Arabes de l'Egypte moyenne. [Ensemble] Mémoire sur les tribus arabes des déserts de l'Egypte

    Imprimerie Impériale|à Paris 1809|27 x 42.50 cm|relié
    First editions of these two texts, extracted from the Description de l'Egypte, Modern State section, Volume 1, 2nd fascicle. Fine impression on strong rag paper.
    Full modern cream parchment paper boards binding. Smooth spine with black sheep title label. Upper cover with black sheep title label. Uncut copy, full-margined.
    These memoirs focus on contemporary Egypt, at the beginning of the 19th century, and more particularly on the life and customs of Arab tribes, nomadic or sedentary. One will find particularly significant and often amusing details about the habits, behavior and culture of the Arabs by two eyewitnesses.
    €500
  69. Essais historiques sur Paris, pour faire suite aux Essais de M. Poullain de Saint-Foix
    Germain-François Poullain de SAINT-FOIX

    Essais historiques sur Paris, pour faire suite aux Essais de M. Poullain de Saint-Foix

    Chez A.G. Debray • et Phillipe Lenoir|à Paris 1805|10 x 17.40 cm|deux volumes reliés
    First edition, illustrated with a lithographic portrait of the author as frontispiece.
    Half emerald green shagreen bindings, mid-19th century. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets. Rubbing to headcaps and edges. Good copies. The work is a sequel to the Essais sur Paris by Poullain de Saint-Foix published nearly half a century earlier. It was provided by Poullain de Saint-Foix's own nephew. Following the same model, it is a walk through the streets of Paris that serves as the guiding thread to recount various anecdotes and sketch portraits of historical figures. "I will focus especially on the anecdotes that my uncle could not relate... I have worked from the notes I found in...
    €400
  70. Mémoire à consulter et consultation pour le sieur Duval Dumanoir & M. Duval d'Espremenil avocat du roi au châtelet , héritiers du feû sieur Duval de Leyrit, gouverneur de Pondichéry. avec les lettres que les sieurs Duval de Leyrit & de Lally se sont écrites dans l'Inde, pour servir de pièces justificatives
    DUVAL DE LEYRIT, De LALLY

    Mémoire à consulter et consultation pour le sieur Duval Dumanoir & M. Duval d'Espremenil avocat du roi au châtelet , héritiers du feû sieur Duval de Leyrit, gouverneur de Pondichéry. avec les lettres que les sieurs Duval de Leyrit & de Lally se sont écrites dans l'Inde, pour servir de pièces justificatives

    De l'imprimerie de Michel Lambert|à Paris 1766|21 x 27 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Bound in modern cream parchment-like full paper boards. Black sheep title label. Tear with loss in margin without any damage to text of the first 4 leaves. Various leaves with brown stain in lower margin. Brown stains pp. 356, 357 and 508, 509. Correspondence of crucial importance between the governor of Pondichéry and the lieutenant-General of the armies of India on the French situation in India and the government of Pondichéry from 1758 to 1760. A trial was established in favor of Leyrit by the complaining family against Lieutenant-General de Lally, accused of implacable hatred against his governor and betrayal of the interests of the king of the French state and the...
    €580
  71. Précis pour la demoiselle Leblanc de Crouzoul contre le sieur Poinsinet le jeune, défendeur
    (Jules CLARETIE's copy) Antoine-Alexandre-Henri POINSINET

    Précis pour la demoiselle Leblanc de Crouzoul contre le sieur Poinsinet le jeune, défendeur

    De l' imprimerie de monsieur Lambert|Paris 1768|10 x 16.70 cm|relié
    First edition, rare.
    Half morocco binding with long grain, early 20th century, smooth spine, date at foot, Jules Claretie's gilt monogram at foot of spine. A curious affair where a woman asks a man of letters who has become famous to return her gold repeating watch, he claiming that an artist under 25 years of age is not bound to honesty, etc... Provenance: from the library of Jules Claretie.
    €200
  72. Description de la Généralité de Paris contenant l'état ecclésiastique & civil de cette Généralité. Le Pouillé des diocèses de Paris, Sens, Meaux, Beauvais et Senlis. Le nom de ceux qui occupent les charges civiles & les emplois dans les 22 villes, chefs-lieux d'élections, qui composent la Généralité de Paris [...]
    Philippe HERNANDEZ

    Description de la Généralité de Paris contenant l'état ecclésiastique & civil de cette Généralité. Le Pouillé des diocèses de Paris, Sens, Meaux, Beauvais et Senlis. Le nom de ceux qui occupent les charges civiles & les emplois dans les 22 villes, chefs-lieux d'élections, qui composent la Généralité de Paris [...]

    Chez Moreau • Hochereau|Se vend à Paris 1759|12.50 x 20.50 cm|relié
    First edition, and the only rare edition, complete with all 22 elections and the table.
    Half red sheep binding ca 1850. Smooth spine with fillets. Rubbing to headcaps. Fairly good copy.
    The work proceeds in the manner of a dictionary, listing boroughs and villages for each election, with their descriptions. Each election begins with the description and state of the town.
    €400
  73. Histoire des controverses et des matieres ecclesiastiques traitées dans l'onzième siecle
    Louis Ellies DUPIN

    Histoire des controverses et des matieres ecclesiastiques traitées dans l'onzième siecle

    Chez André Pralard|à Paris 1696|12.50 x 19 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Ornamented raised spine. 2 title labels. Headcaps worn. Joints cracked.
    The monumental and erudite enterprise of Louis Ellies Dupin, professor of theology and philosophy, the Histoire des controverses et des matieres ecclesiastiques was published successively from 1690 to 1718 and extended from the 9th century to the 17th, with several volumes for certain centuries (it is very rare to find the different volumes together). Besides the specific subjects treated, controversies and councils, this history contains a history of the popes and the church, and summarizes all the authors and writings; the work is further distinguished by its...
    €250
  74. Histoire des controverses et des matieres ecclesiastiques traitées dans le treizième siecle
    Louis Ellies DUPIN

    Histoire des controverses et des matieres ecclesiastiques traitées dans le treizième siecle

    Chez André Pralard|à Paris 1698|12.50 x 20 cm|relié
    First edition.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Decorated spine with raised bands. 2 title labels. One lack to head of spine. The title on the title label is curiously and erroneously by the binder "Bibliotheque des auteurs ecclésiastiques", another work by the author and volume II, the work being naturally absolutely complete.
    Monumental and erudite undertaking by Louis Ellies Dupin, professor of theology and philosophy, the Histoire des controverses et des matieres ecclesiastiques was published successively from 1690 to 1718 and extended from the 9th century to the 17th, with several volumes for certain centuries (the different volumes are very rarely found together). Besides the...
    €250
  75. Reflexions sur les Constitutions de l'abbaye de La Trappe
    Bernard de MONTFAUCON

    Reflexions sur les Constitutions de l'abbaye de La Trappe

    Chez Pierre Granseigne|à Ville-Franche [Villefranche-de-Rouergue] 1678|8 x 14.30 cm|relié
    Rare edition printed in Villefranche, after the original of 1671 published in Paris. Work attributed to Bernard de Montfaucon but whose authorship is disputed.
    Binding in black half-shagreen, late 19th century. Jansenist spine with raised bands, with title and date. Trimmed short on title page.
    Bernard de Montfaucon, originally from Roquetaillade, near Limoux, was one of the most erudite men of his time and thereby one of the most famous of his era, notably for his monumental work: antiquity explained in figures. He was a Benedictine, of the congregation of Saint Maur. The abbey of La Trappe, founded by the order of Cistercians was annexed to the domain of the Benedictines. It was...
    €500
  77. Histoire de la ligue faite a Cambray, entre Jules II pape, Maximilien I emperereur, Louis XII roy de France, Ferdinand V roy d'Aragon & tous les princes d'Italie contre la République de Venise
    Jean-Baptiste DUBOS

    Histoire de la ligue faite a Cambray, entre Jules II pape, Maximilien I emperereur, Louis XII roy de France, Ferdinand V roy d'Aragon & tous les princes d'Italie contre la République de Venise

    Chez Chaubert|à Paris 1728|9.50 x 16.50 cm|2 volumes reliés
    New edition, after the original of 1710. Illustrated with 2 frontispieces representing Louis XII and Henry VIII in medallions.
    Contemporary full calf bindings. Spine with raised bands, decorated. Red morocco title and volume labels. 3 headcaps worn. Joints cracked and split at foot and headcaps. Rubbing.
    The League of Cambrai was formed on the initiative of Julius II and brought together all the princes of Europe with the aim of dismembering the Venetian empire. Julius II had secret intentions to turn the league against France after gaining the advantage over Venice. The conflict ended with the battle of Agnadel where Julius II won victory against the Venetians; despite numerous...
    €300
  78. [JANSENISME] Lettre a une personne de très-haute considération, au sujet de la cessation du service ordinaire, résolue par le parlement, le 5 mai 1753. pour vaquer sans discontinuation aux affaires du schisme. [Ensemble] Lettre apologétique, critique et politique, écrite par un seigneur de la cour, a Monsieur le Marechal de *** sur l'affaire du parlement. [Ensemble] Tres-humbles et tres respectueuses representations des officiers du bailliage et siege presidial de Langres a Monseigneur le Chancelier [...] [Ensemble] Supplément à la tradition ds faits, qui prouve l'indépendance des rois de France, vis-à-vis di Pape, des Archevêques & Evêques de son royaume. [Ensemble] Memoire sur le refus des sacremens a la mort qu'on fait a ceux qui n'acceptent pas la constitution, et un addition concernant les billets de confession

    [JANSENISME] Lettre a une personne de très-haute considération, au sujet de la cessation du service ordinaire, résolue par le parlement, le 5 mai 1753. pour vaquer sans discontinuation aux affaires du schisme. [Ensemble] Lettre apologétique, critique et politique, écrite par un seigneur de la cour, a Monsieur le Marechal de *** sur l'affaire du parlement. [Ensemble] Tres-humbles et tres respectueuses representations des officiers du bailliage et siege presidial de Langres a Monseigneur le Chancelier [...] [Ensemble] Supplément à la tradition ds faits, qui prouve l'indépendance des rois de France, vis-à-vis di Pape, des Archevêques & Evêques de son royaume. [Ensemble] Memoire sur le refus des sacremens a la mort qu'on fait a ceux qui n'acceptent pas la constitution, et un addition concernant les billets de confession

    S. n.|A Amsterdam; • Turin; • s. l. 1750 - 1754|10 x 16.50 cm|5 parties reliées en un volume
    First editions of these 5 texts concerning Jansenism and Parliament. The collection forms a rare ensemble.
    Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Decorated raised spine. Red morocco title label. Corners slightly bumped. Good copy.
    To understand the significance of these editions, it is necessary to go back a little in history: The papal bull Unigenitus (1713) takes up and perfects the various bulls against "Jansenist heresy" by particularly condemning the theses of Quesnel and Arnauld, it would give rise to a religious dispute in France that would gradually worsen into a major political crisis over confession tickets and refusal of sacraments to those who opposed the bull. Not only...
    €700
  79. Analyse des conciles généraux et particuliers, Contenant leurs Canons fur le Dogme, la Morale, & la Dificipline tant ancienne que moderne, expliques par des Notes, conferes avec le Droit nouveau, notamment avec le Droit particulier de la France, & precedes d'un Traite des Conciles en general, pour fervir d'introduction : Ouvrage utile au Clerge feculier & regulier, ainfi qu'aux Jurifconfultes
    Charles Louis RICHARD

    Analyse des conciles généraux et particuliers, Contenant leurs Canons fur le Dogme, la Morale, & la Dificipline tant ancienne que moderne, expliques par des Notes, conferes avec le Droit nouveau, notamment avec le Droit particulier de la France, & precedes d'un Traite des Conciles en general, pour fervir d'introduction : Ouvrage utile au Clerge feculier & regulier, ainfi qu'aux Jurifconfultes

    Chez Vincent|à Paris 1772-1777|19.50 x 26 cm|quatre volumes reliés
    First edition. Rare collection of all four volumes in first edition. The volumes appeared successively from 1772 to 1777, which is why the complete collection is rarely found in libraries.
    Contemporary full glazed and marbled calf bindings. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title and volume labels. Some pages browned, some foxing and corner water stain at bottom of page on several leaves, but handsome copy.
    Important work, of great erudition, on the history and role of councils (ecumenical, provincial...) within the Catholic Church. The work aims to be exhaustive and details the ordinances and edicts of all councils.
    €900
  80. Vie privée du Marechal de Richelieu, contenant ses amours et ses intrigues, et tout ce qui a rapport aux divers rôles qu'à joués cet homme célèbre pendant plus de quatre-vingt ans
    Louis-François FAUR, Benjamin de LABORDE

    Vie privée du Marechal de Richelieu, contenant ses amours et ses intrigues, et tout ce qui a rapport aux divers rôles qu'à joués cet homme célèbre pendant plus de quatre-vingt ans

    Chez Buisson|à Paris 1791|12 x 20.50 cm|trois volumes reliés
    First edition, written according to Barbier (Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes) by Faur, and according to the BN de France by Faur or Benjamin de Laborde.
    Contemporary half blonde sheep bindings. Smooth spine with fillets. Marbled paper boards. Title and volume labels gilt. Stains on spines.
    The preface of the work indicates that the Memoirs of Richelieu are less a single biography of Richelieu than memoirs covering the end of the reign of Louis XIV, the Regency and the reign of Louis XV. The present work claims to remedy these memoirs and present the marshal as he truly was "it is the hero in undress that we present to the public". As the title indicates, besides his historical...
    €480
  81. Opera, quae sunt publici juris, omnia. Ad manuscriptos codices plures, nec-non ad editiones antiquiores & castigatiores emendata, aucta, & in unum omnia volumen nunc primum collecta
    Fabius FULGENTIUS

    Opera, quae sunt publici juris, omnia. Ad manuscriptos codices plures, nec-non ad editiones antiquiores & castigatiores emendata, aucta, & in unum omnia volumen nunc primum collecta

    Apud Guillelmum Desprez|Parisiis [Paris] • (Paris) 1684|19 x 25.50 cm|relié
    New edition, handsomely decorated with headpieces, tailpieces and decorated initials. Assuming that the mythographer Fulgentius and the bishop are indeed the same person, this edition contains only the theological works of Saint Fulgent. A very useful alphabetical index appears at the end of the work.
    Contemporary full calf binding. Richly decorated raised spine with star motifs. Red morocco title label. Damage with loss to head of spine. Corners bumped. A dampstain at beginning of work in right margin, at upper corner, not affecting text.
    Fulgentius (468-533), is famous among the Church Fathers for his pious and exemplary life; he was first a monk, then abbot and subsequently...
    €350
  82. Le cabinet satyrique des princes, contenant les devises des empereurs d'Orient et d'Occident, des rois et des princes. I. Partie. Les propheties de S. Malachie touchant les papes et leurs caracteres, depuis Celestin II. jusqu'à la venuë de l'Antechrist. II. Partie. Ce qui s'est passé de plus considerable dans toutes les cours de l'Europe. Par M. le V***
    COLLECTIF

    Le cabinet satyrique des princes, contenant les devises des empereurs d'Orient et d'Occident, des rois et des princes. I. Partie. Les propheties de S. Malachie touchant les papes et leurs caracteres, depuis Celestin II. jusqu'à la venuë de l'Antechrist. II. Partie. Ce qui s'est passé de plus considerable dans toutes les cours de l'Europe. Par M. le V***

    Chez Jean Gaspar Wolfen|Cologne 1710|10 x 17 cm|relié
    First edition. Rare. Not in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France.
    Contemporary full sheep binding. Jansenist spine with raised bands. Red morocco title label. Rubbing. 2 brown stains on the lower board.
    The first part of the work lists the mottos of all the emperors of east and west, with a brief biography and commentary for each entry, while the second part deals with the popes in the same manner. The final part chronicles the significant events that occurred in Europe from 1680 to 1689. The author had already used this approach for the preceding years in 'Le cabinet des grands'.
    €300
  83. Histoire de dona Olympia Maldachini, traduite de l'italien de l'abbé Gualdi
    [Gregorio LETI] Abbé GUALDI

    Histoire de dona Olympia Maldachini, traduite de l'italien de l'abbé Gualdi

    Chez Jean du Val|Leyde [Leiden] 1666|7.50 x 13 cm|relié
    First edition à la sphère. Rare. The work would appear in Italy, in Ragusa, the following year.
    Full brown calf binding ca 1820 signed Simier at foot. Spine with raised bands decorated with cold tooling in cross-hatched pattern, gilt fillets and roulettes. Cold-tooled geometric decoration framing the boards. Gilt edges. Rubbing. Slight leather loss at foot. Handsome copy.
    Grégorio Leti (1630-1701) is, under the pseudonym of Giulio Capocoda, the author of numerous anti-Catholic pamphlets. Capocoda converted to Protestantism and settled in Geneva. He later became historiographer to Charles II in England. The history of Donna Olympia tells the story of a courtesan at the court of...
    €500
  84. Essequie della sacra cattolica real maesta del re di Spagna D. Filippo II. D'Austria. C
    Vicentio PITTI

    Essequie della sacra cattolica real maesta del re di Spagna D. Filippo II. D'Austria. C

    Nella stamperia del Sermatelli|In Firenze [Florence] • (Florence) 1598|15.50 x 21 cm|broché
    First edition. Rare. Title within an engraved frame. Arms of Philip II on title page and printer's device and colophon on the last leaf.
    In original wrappers, plain dust cover.
    Funeral of Philip II of Spain (died in 1598) given by the Grand Duke of Tuscany in Florence, described by Vicentio Pitti, Ferdinand II de' Medici, who was related to Philip II as he was the son of Marie Madeleine of Austria and Cosimo II de' Medici.
    €600
  85. Panegyrique de Trajan
    Caius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (dit) PLINE LE JEUNE

    Panegyrique de Trajan

    Chez Antoine de Sommaville|à Paris 1638|16.50 x 22.50 cm|relié
    First edition of this translation by Pilet de Ménardière. A title vignette featuring the emperor's effigy (repeated after the preface).
    Contemporary full vellum binding. Smooth spine with faded red ink title. Visible stitching.
    This panegyric, as announced on the first page of text, was delivered by Pliny the Younger before the Senate, in the emperor's presence, when Pliny was Consul. In fact, the speech delivered by Pliny was much shorter than this one and it was written to thank the emperor for choosing him as consul; it was only later that Pliny reworked his text by expanding it historically and gave it this title. Some believe that Trajan and Pliny were close from the time of...
    €500
  86. Vie de Louis Balbe-Berton de Crillon : surnommé le Brave : et mémoires des regnes de Henri II, François II, Charles IX, Henri III et Henri IV, pour servir à l'histoire de son temps
    Marguerite de LUSSAN

    Vie de Louis Balbe-Berton de Crillon : surnommé le Brave : et mémoires des regnes de Henri II, François II, Charles IX, Henri III et Henri IV, pour servir à l'histoire de son temps

    Chez Pissot|à Paris 1757|9 x 16 cm|2 volumes reliés
    First edition. A folding portrait frontispiece. At the end of the work: "Piéces tirées des ouvrages faits à l'honneur du Brave Crillon, après sa mort," and "Histoire de la maison Balbe de Quiers." A table of contents allows one to follow and locate all the protagonists of this history.
    Contemporary full marbled calf bindings. Decorated spine with raised bands. Red morocco title and volume labels. Head headcaps worn. Joint cracked at head of volume I. Corners bumped on volume I.
    Historical work attributed to Mademoiselle de Lussan, which she certainly wrote in collaboration with Nicolas Baudot de Jully (1678-1759), historian and tax collector of Vendôme. Louis des Balbes Crillon was...
    €550
  87. De re militari libri quatuor. Post omnes omnium editiones, ope veterum librorum correcti, a Godescalco Stewechio Heusdano. Accesserunt Sex. Iuli Frontini Strategemato in libri quatuor: Ælianus De instruendis aciebus: Modestus De vocabulis rei militaris: Castrametatio Romanorum ex historiis Polybii. Accessit seorsum eiusdem G. Stewechi in Fl. Vegetium Commentarius. Adiuncta eiusdem G. Stewechi & Francisci Modi, in Iul. Frontinum coniectanea, & notae
    Renatus Flavius VEGETIUS [VÉGÈCE]

    De re militari libri quatuor. Post omnes omnium editiones, ope veterum librorum correcti, a Godescalco Stewechio Heusdano. Accesserunt Sex. Iuli Frontini Strategemato in libri quatuor: Ælianus De instruendis aciebus: Modestus De vocabulis rei militaris: Castrametatio Romanorum ex historiis Polybii. Accessit seorsum eiusdem G. Stewechi in Fl. Vegetium Commentarius. Adiuncta eiusdem G. Stewechi & Francisci Modi, in Iul. Frontinum coniectanea, & notae

    Ex officina Plantiniana • apud Franciscum Raphelengium|Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] • (Leyde) [Leiden] 1592|12 x 17 cm|relié
    Second Plantin edition with Steewech's commentaries, after that of 1585. A printer's device on both title pages. Fine and esteemed edition.
    Illustrated with 51 woodcuts in and outside the text (military machines, military manoeuvres...) and with a folding plate showing the organization of a Roman camp.
    The commentaries by Stewachius (1557-1588) have a particular title page: Godescalci Stewechii Commentarius ad Flavi Vegeti Renati, De re militari libros. Accesserunt eiusdem G. Stewechii & Francisci Modii... The text of Polybius (book VI of his History) was translated into Latin by Janus Lascaris (1445-1535). The military dictionary Modesti libellus De...
    €1,800
  88. Les ordonnances du roy Charles neuviesme, à present regnant, faictes en son conseil : sur les plaintes, doleances & remonstrances des deputez des trois estats, tenus en la ville d'Orleans. Leuës & publiées en la cour de Parlement à Paris, le samedy treziesme jour de septembre, 1561
    CHARLES IX

    Les ordonnances du roy Charles neuviesme, à present regnant, faictes en son conseil : sur les plaintes, doleances & remonstrances des deputez des trois estats, tenus en la ville d'Orleans. Leuës & publiées en la cour de Parlement à Paris, le samedy treziesme jour de septembre, 1561

    Benoist Rigaud|à Lyon 1572|11 x 17 cm|broché
    New edition after the first published in 1561, Paris, for Jean Dallier. These ordinances were published several times, even after the king's death, the last one held by the BN de France dates from 1585.
    Contemporary stitching with reuse of leaves from a Latin incunable. 5 gatherings are bound together (and to the endleaves) with leather thongs, the first three gatherings now held together only by one stitch. A light dampstain at bottom right on the first 5 leaves, pale foxing on the title page.
    A table of contents, at the end of the work, allows one to find the various ordinances which concern all the trade guilds, the king's officers and the clergy. Charles IX was only ten years...
    €600
  89. Edict du roy, pour le restablissement & attribution de l'ancienne juridiction des Eleuz, & augmentation de leurq gages [...] [Ensemble] Edict du roy, sur la suppression de la multiplicité des presidens, Eleus, Thresoriers & Officiers és generalitez [...] [Ensemble] Edict du roy, contenant le restablissement des pres idens, Esleuz, & autres Officiers, par cy devant supprimez
    HENRI III

    Edict du roy, pour le restablissement & attribution de l'ancienne juridiction des Eleuz, & augmentation de leurq gages [...] [Ensemble] Edict du roy, sur la suppression de la multiplicité des presidens, Eleus, Thresoriers & Officiers és generalitez [...] [Ensemble] Edict du roy, contenant le restablissement des pres idens, Esleuz, & autres Officiers, par cy devant supprimez

    Fédéric Morel|à Paris 1584, 1588|9.50 x 16.50 cm|relié
    According to the privilege, the first edition dates from 1571, the second edition is found in first edition and the third was originally published in 1585.
    Contemporary full vellum binding, reusing a manuscript leaf. Crease along right edge. Corners folded on the first 23 leaves. First title page foxed.
    Collection of three ordinances concerning election officers, who were responsible for collecting taxes under Henri III. France was indeed divided into elections, ancestors of our departments, and the three ordinances which reintroduce, then abolish and reintroduce again the elected officials and presidents seem to show that tax collection and administration were not yet...
    €700
  90. Observations sur la puissance de l'Angleterre et sur celle de la Russie, au sujet du parallèle établi par M. de Pradt entre ces puissances
    Charles DUPIN

    Observations sur la puissance de l'Angleterre et sur celle de la Russie, au sujet du parallèle établi par M. de Pradt entre ces puissances

    Revue encyclopédique|Paris 1823|12.50 x 18.50 cm|relié
    Offprint from the Revue encyclopédique (October and November 1823). Rare.
    20th-century full cloth Bradel binding. Handmade paper.
    Charles Dupin was first and foremost a brilliant geometer and skilled naval engineer, his mathematical research was important (Dupin's theorem). He began his political career under the Restoration and was sent to England (he made several trips there) for the purpose of spying on the English naval arsenal. He published a study entitled Forces militaires de la Grande Bretagne and knew England very well. Dominique de Pradt was a political writer, in addition to his reflection on the powers of England and Russia, he published a parallel between America and...
    €250
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